About

Ioan Sarbu is a professor emeritus and doctoral degree advisor of the Department of Civil and Building Services Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara (UPT), Romania. He obtained a diploma in civil engineering from the “Traian Vuia” Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara in 1975 and a PhD degree in civil engineering from the Timisoara Technical University in 1993. Starting in 1975, he worked as an engineer and designer with Water Resources Management Company in Timisoara. He became an assistant professor with the university in 1978, ultimately dedicating over 40 years to his alma mater. Additionally, he is a European engineer (Eur. Eng.), as designated by the European Federation of National Engineering Associations (Brussels) in 2001, and since 2004 was entrusted as a doctoral degree advisor in the civil engineering and building services branch coordinating up to 20 PhD students, almost 50 MSc students, and more than 200 graduate students. In 2019 he was awarded by the UPT the honorary title of "Professor emeritus" and became a Laureate of the "Henri Coanda" award of the Romanian Academy for 2017. He has published about 400 scientific papers in his research domains, 40 books and 10 book chapters in prestigious publishers in the country (Technique, Romanian Academy, MatrixRom) and abroad (Elsevier, Springer, Nova Science Publishers), more than 160 articles in Clarivate Analytics/ Web of Science (WOS) and other international databases indexed journals, and about 60 articles in proceedings of international conferences. He is also author of 6 patent certificates, 15 innovations and up to 30 computer programs. His current h-index is 16 (Clarivate Analytics WOS), 19 (Scopus), 22 (ResearchGate) and 27 (Scholar Google) as of October 2023. His international recognition is evidenced by the high number of citations of his published works, well over 13,000 (2000 in Clarivate Analytics/WOS and over 2500 in Scopus), by the listing in different Who's Who publications. He was awarded with the "Best Paper Award" by ScienceFather, India (2023) at the 7th edition of the International Research Excellence Awards, for the book "Advances in Building Services Engineering: Studies, researches and applications" published by Springer in 2021 and indexed in Scopus.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

The main research interests are related to heat pumps, solar energy conversion and storage, and water and heat distribution systems. He is also active in the field of energy efficiency and energy savings, thermal comfort and environmental quality, refrigeration systems, and numerical simulations and optimizations in building services. He is involved in preparation of regulations and standards related to energy and environment. Additionally, he is a noted expert in integrating thermal applications, building urban water and heat distribution systems, computer utility, and integrating wastewater treatment into design.

Major Achievements:

Books/Chapters: 1. Energy Optimization of Water Distribution Systems, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 1997. 2. Water Distribution Systems: Numerical modelling and optimization, Polytechnic Publishing House, Timisoara, Romania, 2018. 3. Advances in Building Services Engineering: Studies, researches and applications, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2021. 4. Chap. 2: Optimization models of looped urban water supply networks, In Advances in Engineering Research, vol. 36, Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2020. Articles: 1. Optimal design of water distribution networks, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 1997;35(1):63-79. 2. Numerical simulation and prevention of water freezing in outdoor penstocks, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2001;39(4):437-443. 3. Water distribution networks design optimization. Water Engineering for the Future, Proceedings of the 31th IAHR Congress, Seoul, 2005, pp. 5001-5010. 4. Nodal analysis of urban water distribution networks, Water Resources Management, 2014;28(10):3159-3175. 5. Optimal design of urban water supply pipe networks, Urban Water Journal, 2016;13(5):521-535. 6. A study of energy optimization of urban water distribution systems using potential elements, Water, 2016;8(12):art. 593. 7. Designing a pilot sewage treatment plant for small localities. Ecology and Environmental Protection Conference Proceedings, 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017, Albena, Bulgaria, 2017, pp. 277-283. 8. Optimization of urban water distribution networks using deterministic and heuristic techniques: Comprehensive review, Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 2021;12(4):art. 03121001. 9. Optimization of urban water distribution networks using heuristic methods: an overview, Water International, 2023;48(1):120-148. Patents: 1. Water purification process by treating with ozone, no. RO94772-A. 2. Installation for contacting an ozonated gas with impure waters, no. RO94774-A. 3. Water settler with circulation column, no. RO92398-A. 4. Installation for water purification, no.RO100299.